bible – Page 2 – Removing Barriers Releasing Potential

Don’t get stressed

Don’t get stressed out and worried when God is in control of your life. Heaven is working on your behalf right now. God is bigger than the problem you are facing. Trust Him to make a way. Everything will be ok. God is working out what was meant for your bad to work for your good. Stop trying to figure everything out. Just let God work it all out. It might look like a set back but God is setting you up for something greater.

Renew your mind

You attract to yourself what you believe about yourself. If you’re going to become everything God wants you to be, you have to take captive the thoughts that are playing in your mind and ruling your heart.

2 Corinthians 10 v 5 says, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” God has given you His Word and the power to think His thoughts and to create your life around His thoughts.

You can’t control what anyone else does, says, or thinks, and you can’t control everything that happens to you, but you can control what you think. You can control your attitude by allowing God to use the power of His Word to renew your mind, to transform your thinking, and to guard your heart. Too often, you allow the busyness of life and all your responsibilities to overwhelm and overtake you. I encourage you not to be busy, but to be productive.

If you’re going to see your dreams and desires come to pass, you can’t just let everything occupy your time and get you off course. Don’t wear yourself out doing things that others can do. Set your priorities right. Clear the clutter out and rearrange your life priorities. God has good things for you. Every day He will load you up with His benefits. God has an appointed time for you. It’s set in eternity and will come forth, in the name of Jesus.

Have a fabulous faith filled day in CHRIST.

The thief on the cross

“How does the thief on the cross fit into your theology? No baptism, no communion, no confirmation, no speaking in tongues, no mission trip, no volunteerism, and no church clothes.

Pebbles or Sand

A valuable lesson for a happier life ~ A short story to help you sort out the rocks and sand in your life.

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2″ in diameter.

He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

Good Intentions:

Are good intentions slowing you down from achieving all that God has planned for you?

Remember Hebrews 12:1b NLT ~ “Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress …”

Reflective story:

Five birds are sitting on a telephone wire. Two decide to fly south. How many are left?

I’d hazard a guess that a fair number of people said three.

Be strong and courageous

A brief blog about being strong and courageous, be it we are leading ourselves or others, simply we just need faith and being confident in who we are in Christ.

Examples of courageous leadership are the stuff of legends and movies. In the film Brave Heart, the portrayal of William Wallace by Mel Gibson, Wallace’s stirring words to his fearful followers, quaking in the presence of the English army, “They may take away our lives, but they’ll never take away our freedom,” were coupled with a willingness to lead his men into battle. His courage inspired and fortified the resolve of his countrymen ultimately leading to a routing of the English forces.

Your battle has been won.

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by your circumstances or wondered why you kept fighting the same struggle?

Jesus taught us life as a Christ-follower will be difficult. Our world is filled with broken people who do broken things. There will be trials.

When Adam and Eve decided to pursue something “good” apart from God, their decision allowed evil to enter the world. This means there is a spiritual battle that we cannot see, and it impacts our everyday lives.

When we give our lives to Jesus, we join His team—but this also means we become a target of the devil, our enemy. Every bad thing that happens to us is not necessarily a direct attack from Satan—sometimes it’s just a result of living in a fallen, broken world. But there is a spiritual element to every situation because the devil is always trying to draw the world away from God, and he is looking for people to destroy.

When struggles happen, the devil will try to get you to believe lies about God, your situation, yourself, or other people. He will try to get you to doubt your identity and your God-given authority. But God, who has victory over Satan, is always fighting for you.

Nothing can overcome God, and so when we rely on God—nothing can overcome us.

In every situation, we are more than conquerors because God deeply loves us. This is why we don’t have to be afraid of the spiritual fight—God has already won it. We need to remind ourselves of this truth so that way we can withstand the attacks from Satan when they come.

But attacks will end, because God will win.

So today, fill your mind with truth. Hold fast to your faith, and guard your heart. Walk in peace toward everyone, and memorize Scripture so that way you can wield it as a weapon against any spiritual attack that comes your way.

And know that no matter what you face—God is already fighting for you. He is in control, and He will never leave you. He will never let you fall as long as you keep clinging to Him.

When you belong to God, you have the power to subdue, crush, and overthrow anything the devil throws at you. God’s power makes you more than a conqueror.